Xia Lu and his wife received a total of 50 catties of grain and 10 catties of pork, no matter how much it was, the distributors recognized them, and they didn't have the strength to take them away. Like Xia Lu is also pulling a board car, how much can other people carry with their bare hands? With the weakness of the body and carrying too many supplies, it is impossible to go far.

Joy comes from the sky, sorrow comes from it, this is very appropriate to describe Xia Lu's current state, in the ecstasy, the family of three had a full meal, but I didn't expect the old lady to die because she ate too much! The victims who have seen too many deaths have become numb to the departure of their companions, but it is really sad and sad that they are gone at this time.

Fortunately, the end is in sight soon, from Xinyang to the Yangtze River, there is no more death and hunger. However, in contrast, Zhou Shuren and others, who set off from Xuchang, returned to their destination before Xia Lu and his wife, and returned to Wuhan in only three days under the protection of the carriage and escort arranged by the Investigation Bureau.

After returning to the newspaper, Zhou Shuren submitted his resignation to the editor-in-chief, and although he tried his best to keep him, he still made up his mind. A year later, Zhou Shuren's first travelogue "Henan Documentary" was published, which caused a sensation in China, becoming the first book to sell more than 10 million since the founding of the People's Republic of China. Zhou Shuren took out most of the income he received from this and set up a recovery fund for the reconstruction of the disaster-stricken areas in Henan.

In this book, there is another key point that is not recorded, before the investigation team departed, the secret envoy sent by Hua Guo had arrived in Shanghai, where he would secretly contact Liang Dunyan, who had lived there for a long time.

Two months ago, Liang Dunyan, who was based in Shanghai, was preparing to return to Beijing to reunite with his family, but at this time he received a message of condolence, which made Liang Dunyan overjoyed, and immediately postponed his return to Beijing and waited for his friends to come.

"Lord Liang. Zhang Kangren visited and said that he was a friend of the adult. The next morning, Liang Dunyan heard the report from his subordinates, and he immediately walked to the door to greet him.

Zhang Kangren looked at this three-story building, which was the secret contact point of the Beiyang Group in Shanghai, presumably Yuan Shikai was very jealous of the south, not only conscripting troops to prepare for war. Don't forget to leave a way out and let your Minister of Foreign Affairs be stationed here.

"Kangren, it's really you, great, hahahaha!" Liang Dunyan came up with a Western-style hug, and it could be seen that the two of them were very excited, after returning from the United States, Liang Dunyan lost the news of Zhang Kangren, and now he is in his fifties. His appearance has changed with the years, but he can still recognize that this is his little friend Zhang Kangren.

"Songsheng, I want us to study at Yale University, it was more than 30 years ago, and now Songsheng is famous and in a high position, he must be able to show what he has learned!" Both were among the first children to study in the United States that year and studied law together at Yale University. Therefore, the relationship between the two is excellent.

"Let's not talk about that much, Kangren. Inside, please, let's catch up on the old days! Zhang Kangren suddenly visited, and Liang Dunyan felt that things would not be so simple. And seeing that he is dressed in a fancy dress, it is not good to make trouble on the side of the Chinese faction.

Four groups of young children who studied in the United States, Liang Dunyan, Cai Shaoji and others served for the imperial court in Beiyang, but most of them were unknown to the public or served as low-level officials. Some of them are missing. Rong Shangqian, Zhan Tianyou and others served in Huaguo, Rong Shangqian served as the deputy chief of staff of the Huaguo Navy Fleet, and Zhan Tianyou served as the chief engineer of the Huaguo Railway Engineering Company. Therefore, Liang Dunyan divided it into the northern faction and the Chinese faction, and if Zhang Kangren, who suddenly appeared, belonged to the Chinese faction. Then he needs to think carefully when he comes.

"In the blink of an eye, Songsheng has also become Lord Liang, which is amazing!" Zhang Kangren said with a smile.

Liang Dunyan frowned: "Why did Kang Ren say this, it's just fate." By the way, there has been no news from you for decades, where have you been all these years? ”

"When I was a student at Yale University and Columbia University, I not only obtained American citizenship, but also became the first Chinese lawyer to practice law in the United States. However, the Americans were fierce in their anti-Chinese exclusion, and their nationality and lawyer qualifications were revoked, so they could only work as translators to make ends meet, and spent half their lives. Later, the Chinese Revolutionary Organization approached me and asked me to contact other colleagues stranded in the United States to return to China to serve, and now I am the president of the First People's Court of Guangzhou, China, and my learning is finally useful. ”

Sure enough, Zhang Kangren is from Huaguo! Then this time he must have come to something else, the situation began to become delicate, seeing that Liang Dunyan was silent, Zhang Kangren smiled. This Songsheng, baptized after decades of baptism, has already become a skilled politician, and he is really a little uncomfortable.

"Brother Songsheng", Zhang Kangren is three years younger than Liang Dunyan, and he has always been called his brother back then: "Three days later, there was a drinking party at the Shanghai Ziqiang chain hotel, which was organized by Mr. Rong Hong. ”

"Mr. Yung!" Liang Dunyan couldn't sit still now, and suddenly stood up, among the children studying in the United States, Rong Hong has a very high prestige, not only single-handedly organizes study abroad, but also cares very much about the life and learning of young children.

"Yes, not only Mr. Rong is here, but also many companions from our batch, and even the companions of the next few batches will be present!"

"Go, I'm definitely going." After saying the thing, the two seemed to be in an embarrassment of having nothing to say, no longer when they were like-minded, high-spirited, cutting braids and wearing suits together, the world is changing, people are also changing, and they can't be forced.

After Zhang Kangren left, Liang Dunyan was restless, Mr. Yung Hong, his name was like thunder even in China, and Liang Dunyan certainly knew his recent situation.

Later, Rong Hong was extremely disappointed with the Westernists, so he lived in the United States for 12 years, and later the Sino-Japanese War broke out, Rong Hong was invited by Zhang Zhidong to return to China again, and repeatedly suggested to the imperial court to set up a national bank and build a national railway, but in the end they were vetoed by the imperial court because of officialdom corruption and infighting. During the reform of the law, Rong Hong supported the reform, and after the failure, he absconded from Beijing and took refuge in the Shanghai concession.

After the Zhenguo Party set off a revolutionary storm in Guangdong, Rong Hong, who could not sit still, set off again and went to Guangzhou, and was soon given an important task by the Zhenguo Party Committee. First he served as the chairman of the Law Committee of the Provisional Government, and after the founding of the People's Republic of China, he served as the director of the Wuhan Strategic Research Office, and in fact he was the chief of staff of the president, and continued to serve the country at the age of more than 70.

A drinking party organized by the chief of staff of the Chinese president was nominally a reunion of young children studying in the United States, but in fact it certainly had a political purpose. Liang Dunyan didn't dare to make a decision easily, and immediately reported the matter to Yuan Shikai.

"There is no one in the Luliang No. 1 project, and I have nothing in Beiyang with a strong army division, how can I take the initiative to send such a signal?" After summoning the staff, Yuan Shikai asked suspiciously.

"Indeed, I heard that Songsheng in Shanghai was very aggrieved, and he was turned away from contacting high-ranking officials in China, which shows that China disdains us and waits for the army to push over. However, feng shui takes turns, maybe they really want us? "The first person to reply must be Yang Du, this kind of internal discussion doesn't need to pay much attention to etiquette, what to say.

"From a global point of view, the gap between us and the South is too big, in fact, we have to ask for them. According to our previous layout, as long as we can negotiate peace, with our control over the north and the imperial court, and with our more than 200,000 elite troops, we will definitely be able to occupy a place in the new government in the future, at least push Lord Gongbao to the position of vice president. If it is done properly, it is not impossible to fight for the position of president. Another staff member, Cai Shaoji, analyzed that this person is also one of the young children studying in the United States, but since Rong Hong served as the chief of staff of Huaguo, Zhan Tianyou betrayed the imperial court and fled to the south, Yuan Shikai was a little more wary of these people.

"Mr. Shaoji is proficient in foreign affairs, and he reorganized the Machinery Bureau and Manufacturing Bureau in Tianjin, I don't know how it is going?" Yang Du asked angrily, he is most disgusted with these people who have drunk foreign ink, assisting Yuan Shikai, relying on the emperor's way passed down from his ancestors, he can speak a few words of foreign language and call California to let Yuan Shikai ascend to the throne? Daydreaming!

Cai Shaoji also knew that Yang Du took the opportunity to make it difficult for himself, the two of them have not dealt with each other, he served as the General Office of Beiyang Foreign Affairs, Tianjin Customs Road, and was responsible for sorting out the machinery bureau, manufacturing bureau and other foreign factories withdrawn from Shanghai and other places. After the stock turmoil, all the foreign factories came to a standstill because of the rupture of funds, and at this time, Sheng Xuanhuai left it alone and could only let himself accept the mess.

"Yes, Shaoji, the foreign factory has a lot to stake, after all, we can't just buy weapons and ammunition from foreigners, we have to produce it ourselves." Yuan Shikai also asked, this can force Cai Shaoji to a dead end.

"My lord, not only the Tianjin Machinery Manufacturing Bureau, the Textile Bureau, the Taiyuan Machinery Manufacturing Bureau and other foreign factories could not start, but even the steamship China Merchants Bureau came to a standstill, losing a lot of money every day, and the construction of telegraph offices, mines, railways, etc. was also stopped, and the major banks were full of bad debts, even foreign banks. Rubber stocks swept away most of the wealth, and without money to pay wages you couldn't keep workers, without money you couldn't repair equipment, and without money you couldn't build railroads. Even Tianjin Peiyang University has suspended classes due to the breakdown of funds, and I heard that many students have fled to the south! Cai Shaoji complained, in fact, he had already said these things, not only those students, didn't even Zhan Tianyou run away, the railway was suspended, and he was also excluded by the officialdom, Zhan Tianyou was idle at home, and he ran away early on himself! (To be continued.) )